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Working Papers

2023

1. Psychosocial Constraints, Impact Heterogeneity and Spillovers in a Multifaceted Graduation Program in Kenya
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
   ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2020) View citations (12) (2020)

2019

3. Understanding Pastoralists’ Dynamic Insurance Uptake Decisions: Evidence from Four-year Panel Data in Ethiopia
   GRIPS Discussion Papers, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Understanding pastoralists’ dynamic insurance uptake decisions: Evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia, Food Policy, Elsevier (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2018

4. Indemnity Payouts, Learning from others and Index Insurance Uptake
   2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

2017

5. Don’t Follow the Crowd: Incentives for Directed Spatial Sampling
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
6. Measuring Resilience in Malawi
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2014

7. Basis Risk and the Welfare Gains from Index Insurance: Evidence from Northern Kenya
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (19)
8. How Basis Risk and Spatiotemporal Adverse Selection Influence Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from Northern Kenya
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya, Food Policy, Elsevier (2018) View citations (48) (2018)
9. Index Insurance and Cash Transfers: A Comparative Analysis from Northern Kenya
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)

2012

10. Changing Climate Adaptation Strategies of Boran Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)

2010

11. Correlation between Access to Capitals and Income in the Bolivian Altiplano
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Journal Articles

2025

1. Adapting the Women’s empowerment in nutrition index: Lessons from Kenya
   World Development, 2025, 188, (C)

2024

2. How do women’s empowerment metrics measure up? A comparative analysis
   Food Policy, 2024, 129, (C)
3. The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context
   Food Policy, 2024, 125, (C)

2023

4. Pathways from livestock to improved human nutrition: lessons learned in East Africa
   Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2023, 15, (5), 1293-1312 View citations (1)

2022

5. Pastoral livestock market integration amidst improvements in physical and communication infrastructure: Evidence from northern Kenya
   African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2022, 17, (4)

2021

6. A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Kenya
   Agricultural Systems, 2021, 192, (C) View citations (2)

2020

7. Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
   Agricultural Economics, 2020, 51, (4), 577-593 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia, ESSP working papers (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
8. Conspicuous monitoring and remote work
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, (C), 489-511 View citations (8)
9. Understanding pastoralists’ dynamic insurance uptake decisions: Evidence from four-year panel data in Ethiopia
   Food Policy, 2020, 95, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Pastoralists’ Dynamic Insurance Uptake Decisions: Evidence from Four-year Panel Data in Ethiopia, GRIPS Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2019

10. Competing Expectations in an Index-Based Livestock Insurance Project
    Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (6), 1221-1239 View citations (4)
11. Does the design matter? Comparing satellite-based indices for insuring pastoralists against drought
    Ecological Economics, 2019, 162, (C), 59-73 View citations (18)
12. Index insurance and climate risk management: Addressing social equity
    Development Policy Review, 2019, 37, (5), 581-602 View citations (12)
13. Quantifying household resilience with high frequency data: Temporal dynamics and methodological options
    World Development, 2019, 121, (C), 1-15 View citations (40)

2018

14. How basis risk and spatiotemporal adverse selection influence demand for index insurance: Evidence from northern Kenya
    Food Policy, 2018, 74, (C), 172-198 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper How Basis Risk and Spatiotemporal Adverse Selection Influence Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from Northern Kenya, MPRA Paper (2014) View citations (19) (2014)
15. Rainfall shocks and agricultural productivity: Implication for rural household consumption
    Agricultural Systems, 2018, 166, (C), 79-89 View citations (61)

2017

16. Agricultural Index Insurance for Development
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2017, 39, (2), 199-219 View citations (56)
17. Cash transfers and index insurance: A comparative impact analysis from northern Kenya
    Journal of Development Economics, 2017, 129, (C), 14-28 View citations (46)
18. Integrating Social Protection Strategies for Improved Impact: A Comparative Evaluation of Cash Transfers and Index Insurance in Kenya
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2017, 42, (4), 675-707

2016

19. Index Insurance Quality and Basis Risk: Evidence from Northern Kenya
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2016, 98, (5), 1450-1469 View citations (52)

Books

2024

1. Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2024)